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officers replied, that it was an insult to the titul uimselt, as will as to SIT Frederick Maitland, and that the offence could not be passed over, but must of necessity be punished

"The admiral then said, that, having satisfactorily settled the business that had brought him up to Lungkeet, he meant to take the earliest oppor tunity of wind and tide to return to Tungkú. That, the monsoon, being now against his return southward, he would probably remain some weeks longer in that neighborhoed He added that since the trade had ceased to be in the hands of the Company, frequent visits of British vessels of war may be expected, it being in accordance with the genius of the English nation to look after its subjects in foreign countries, to see that they are subjected to no insults. and that disturbances do not take place among them. That they may rest assured, however, that these vessels will come always with a peace- ful purpose.

"The officers requested in the name of the tituh, that orders should be given to put a stop to the irregularities of British subjects, such as had been alluded to in the second conference between the titub and captain Maitland. The admiral informed them. that merchant vessels are not under the martial discipline of the navy, but are subject to the civil authority; and pointed them to captain Elliot, who was present. Captain Elliot assured them that his constant wish has been to prescrve peace and good order. He added a desire that the governor might be informed that the late negotiations on his part were carried on by him, in obedience to the orders of his government, and were not owing to any want of respect towards his excellency.”

-Corresp. pp. 316-317.

10th. The affairs relative to the Bombay, and the visit of the Wellesley to Chuenpí, &c., are thus reviewed in a dispatch to vis- count Palmerston, under this date.

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My lord,—In returning to the subject of my hurried dispatch of the 17th inst., I take the liberty to observe that I had delayed the acknowledgment of your lordship's dispatch of November 24, 1837, till the arrival of the rear-admiral com- manding-in-chief (which I had reason to expect from other sources of informa- tion,) should enable me to report any consequences that might result from that event. Upon the 13th ult., sir Frederick L. Maitland arrived off this place in her majesty's ship Wellesley, accompanied by her majesty's brig Algerine, and I im- mediately joined him in the cutter Louisa, and proceeded onwards with the ships to the anchorage of Tungkú bay, distant about seven leagues to the south- ward of the Bocca Tigris; a position which, besides its recommendations in point of safety and sufficient distance from the entrance of the river, has the advantage of being remote from the anchorage of the ships engaged in the illicit traffic.

"On the day that I joined him, the admiral placed in my hand the communi- cation, of which I now transmit an inclosure; and my reply to this, and the previous dispatch of the 21st April, is also now forwarded. A few days after his excellency's aval, I received a communication from the kiunmin fú, the district magistratę of this place, superscribed in the usual form; but as the inside bore the character yü, which signifies a command,' I returned it to him unread, with a few lines to the effect that I should be glad to give it my attention as soon as this mistake was corrected The next approach was in the old form of ar